# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gemini fallback alias routing through native client

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs concern Google/Gemini fallback provider aliases bypassing GeminiNativeClient and sending unsupported parameters like 'thinking_config', resulting in 400 errors. The work focuses on routing those aliases correctly through the native client gate.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #104911. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #104911 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-104911`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #104583: fallback_providers: "google" entry bypasses GeminiNativeClient, 400s with "Unknown name 'thinking_config'"

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#104911: fix: Gemini fallback aliases send native thinking requests (#104583, salvage #104584)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/agent/test_gemini_alias_native_route.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/fallback-providers.md`
- **#104584: fix(gemini): route google-alias fallback providers through GeminiNativeClient**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `a745101e5f`, `1eb1b795b5`, `#104911`, `#104583`, `#104875`
- **#104875: fix(agent): route gemini profile aliases through the native client gate (#104583)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104583`, `#104911`, `#104584`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #104911 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-07`.